Isaiah’s ‘Circle of the Earth’: A Bad Creationist Argument

Posted on October 27, 2015 by jamesbradfordpate

http://benstanhope.blogspot.com/2015/10/isaiahs-circle-of-earth-bad-creationist.html

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My name is James Pate. This blog is about my journey. I read books. I watch movies and TV shows. I go to church. I try to find meaning. And, when I can’t do that, I just talk about stuff that I find interesting. I have degrees in fields of religious studies. I have an M.Phil. in the History of Biblical Interpretation from Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also have an M.A. in Hebrew Bible from Jewish Theological Seminary, an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School, and a B.A. from DePauw University.
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1 Response to Isaiah’s ‘Circle of the Earth’: A Bad Creationist Argument

  1. Murrell Selden says:
    October 28, 2015 at 1:47 am

    Go to sea shore on East Coast and watch a sail boat go East. with stopwatch in hand
    one could estimate the diameter of the earth.
    Just measure thev time for the mast to drop below the horizon. By knowing roughly the speed of the ship and height of the mast, one can compute the diameter. I am sure Egyptians knew this based upon the pyramids.math. For estimate, the arc of the subtended .esrth trsverse is the mast height above sea level. Using that as the base of a trisngle, one can use the.distsnce traveled to find the acute angle. Divide into 360 degrees. That times the mast height estimates the circumference of earth. I am sure Columbus knew thst. Math provides assurance of truth, though not without some error. I am sure he did not expect to find land so soon. In hindsight he no doubt could have realized Indis was not there. But the crew was about to crack. Lucky Columbus!

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